Blendtec Blender Review and Giveaway

A review of and giveaway for the high-powered Blendtec Designer 725 Blender. Come and enter to win one of the best blenders on the market today! Prize package sponsored by Blendtec.

I am about to get all gushy on you so I am giving you fair warning. And it’s not about my kids and how wonderful they are (although they really are wonderful), or my husband and how great he is (although he really is great). It’s not about the amazing support I receive from my fans and readers (although it really is amazing) or the generosity and kindness of my fellow food bloggers (although they really are generous and kind). No, today I am about get rather gushy about a hunk of metal and some plastic. Weird but true, my friends; I am about to wax poetic about a small kitchen appliance. A small but ridiculously powerful Blendtec blender. And I am about to offer you the chance to win one of these beauties for yourself.

I am also giving you fair warning that this will be a rather biassed review. I am all about objectivity but there is simply no being objective about this machine. It’s a little like a teenage crush, or perhaps more like an infatuation. Every time I look at it, it exudes a golden aura and I think I hear angels singing. That is how much I like (love? am obsessed with?) the darn thing. I will find any excuse to use it, just to hear it roar and see it whirl the ingredients at breakneck speeds. Plus it talks to me. It’s my friend.

Okay, so maybe it doesn’t actually talk to me. But it does communicate with me in a manner unlike any other appliance I own. It’s even been known to make me laugh out loud. No, I am not kidding. And I swear I haven’t lost my mind. Believe me, this thing is SO much more than “just a blender”.

Creamy Smooth Coffee Drinks with Blendtec

Let me set the stage a little for you. For years we’ve had a blender that was by all accounts a good one. It got good reviews on Amazon and it did what was required of it. It blended things. Okay, so maybe it needed a little coaxing when it was chockfull of ingredients. Maybe I had to jam the lever hard in an effort to get enough power to blend up that frozen fruit or those ice cubes. Honestly, until recently I didn’t know any better. I didn’t know there were better blenders out there and I thought this was as good as it gets. And then my blender began to leak through the bottom, as the rubber ring began to wear out. I began to research blenders and was astonished to discover a whole world of high-powered blenders that did far more than make smoothies and iced coffee drinks. They chopped and ground and diced. And blended. And pureed. And talked to you. Oh, and then cleaned up after themselves. Like a good houseguest.

Really, this Blendtec Designer 725 does all of that. No, I am not kidding. When mine arrived, I took it out of the package and looked for the directions. There weren’t any. There was a recipe and tip booklet, but it contained no instructions as to how to actually work the machine. How strange, I thought, that a company as well respected as Blendtec wouldn’t include instructions. But then I turned it on and the display lit up. It welcomed me to the Blendtec experience and then walked me through a tutorial on how to use the blender. Then it told me to add a drop of soap and a cup of water to the Wildside+ jar and turn it on to allow it to clean itself prior to first use. To put it simply: Mind Blown.

Make your own nut meals and nut butters with Blendtec

Since then, the Blendtec Designer 725 has been a pleasure to use. Blendtec kindly included the smaller Twister Jar, an addition I would highly recommend for anyone interested in using the blender to its full capacity. Thus far I have made plenty of smoothies, a chilled soup, and some pecan meal. My smoothies have never been so smooth, my chilled soup was delightfully creamy and my pecan meal was fine enough for an upcoming cake recipe. I have designs on trying out pancake and waffle batter and I have no doubts that the Blendtec will rise to every challenge. It is unbelievably powerful, sometimes scarily so! And after every blend, the display tells me some fun little tidbit or other. It really is my friend.

And of course, I’ve been making my Sugar-Free Caramel Frappuccinos. Fat bomb in a glass, that’s what these are. And I would never be able to get them as smooth as a Starbuck’s Frappuccino in my old blender. Not even close!

The Giveaway

And now you can enter for a chance to win one of these yourself! One winner will receive the Blendtec Designer 725 with Wildside+ Jar AND the Twister Jar ($770 Value!). Trust me, you want this.

*Open to US Residents only.

Disclosure: Blendtec provided me with a Designer 725 blender to review and one to giveaway.

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I was just reading in a cookbook how you could save money by making your own coconut butter from shredded coconut. It takes quite a long time in the food processor but only a few minutes in a Blendtech. I am also interested in smoothies.

I would make just about everything with it! My son and I both have celiac disease and so I make my own flours, sauces, pasta dough, etc. it looks like this blender could handle anything! Maybe with the time I would save (that easy cleaning/drop of soap trick!) I could whip myself up a coffee frappe!

I completely understand your crush Carolyn. You’ve stepped into the blender Big League where a blender becomes a culinary prep tool, and one you realize you can’t (or certainly don’t want to) live without!

Holy cow! If I won one of these (and then I would equal my daughter who has one…and something’s wrong with this picture), I would probably make either a smoothie or soup. I hear it has a soup button, or something like that. Truly, I would be dancing in the kitchen throwing things in to watch it blend stuff. I wish I were kidding.

I keep wearing blenders out, either by trying to make something hot in them, and the plastics can’t handle it, or by burning the motors out. I wish I had something that could stand up to the trials I put it through, and could help me make your recipes effortlessly!

Oh my gosh… the very first thing I want to do with this blender is crush ice! I know that sounds weird, but my little Ninja blender just doesn’t do the trick for me.
What a phenomenal giveaway… thank you!

I have seriously been thinking of getting either the Blendtec or the “other” serious blender. I love all your recipes and need to kick my low carb diet up a notch with great smoothies that can handle big chunks. I would absolutely love to win this!

My kids love smoothies so I would make them smoothies. My grand daughter is very picky and eats no vegetable ever so I would make special ones just for her to help her eat better. Thank you for the opportunity.

I would make some nut flours and try some smoothies. My blender is very old so I don’t try a lot of recipes. We inherited my blender from my husband’s grandmother 38 years ago. I don’t know how long she had had it.

I left my blender with the man I was in a relationship with. He gave it to me as a gift but, I did not take anything we both used. I really miss it. My favorite thing to make is soup with leftover veggies that have been steamed.

Oh my gosh, I want one so bad! I’ve been needing a new blender since the last one got the lid chopped up by the kids, who thought it would be so funny to put the lid in and blend… Thanks for that, you darling little hellions. LOL. I’ve been using a plate to cover the top now. The first thing I’d make is morning protein pick me up shake… but then I’d have to start whipping up some hazelnut butter. The hazelnuts are too hard for even my food processor.

I would first make Earth milk, then some protein smoothies, make some almond meal and flax meal, make some cake batter and green smoothies, then use it to grind/powder some herbs. After that the possibilities are endless.

I’d make everything I possibly could using this instead of the food processor or stand mixer. I especially love your recipe for the Rosemary Parmesan Chia Seed Crackers. I think these are the best crackers I have ever made and I’ve tried oh so many recipes from other websites. No gluten, soy, sugar and low carb delicious. God Bless <

I would make coconut butter! And it would not take me 30 minutes! And I would not have to stick a knife into the mechanisms of my old food processor and press down on it for the entire 30 minutes! And then, I would put that coconut butter all over everything.

I would make my own flours. I’d make some yummy soups. Oh, and my favorite is chocolate smoothies, sugar free with avocado and a bit of spinach. Yum! I imagine that there would be NO little leaf bits with a blended. I’ve only had $20 blenders and they barely get it all blended! Can’t afford one on my own, and would be so blessed to win one!

The first thing I would make is gazpacho since my garden is full of the ingredients. THEN I would just go blender crazy and make everything because I’ve been using my stick blender since the real one died months ago.

You sold me! Boy do I need a high powered blender. This sounds amazing. You would laugh if you saw my current blender. If I has one of these babies the first thing I would do is hot soups or hot sauces, something you can’t do with a wimpy blender.

I would love this blender. I currently use the Magic Bullet and it doesn’t hold enough for some of my recipes and my regular blender isn’t strong enough do get the job done. This would be perfect and I would only have to use one blender for everything. Save counter space too!!! I have a blender pie I make that everyone loves and this would make it even easier to make!!! I use a blender everday for something and would love this!!!

Oh that looks just amazing, a real live blender that will actually BLEND stuff! I have been using an immersible blender, for most things because my reg blender is just not powerful enough. It is over 20 years old, for heavens sake. I would make my summer favorite, berry gelatin mousse and then my winter favorite, butternut and sausage soup. Oh, it would be wonderful!

I would literally make everything with it. I use it daily, mostly for smoothies, sometimes twice a day. The little jar would be soooooo perfect to make things like peanut butter or whipped cream! …or a personal sized smoothie!

I would start with the Sugar Free Carmel Frappuccino and move on to the chocolate hazelnut spread. My blender doesn’t work any more. So iced drinks and nut butters are luxuries that will have to wait until a better machine comes along.

the first thing I would make would be HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER!! we LOVE peanut butter! If we ever ran out of the store bought stuff, I’d be in BIG Trouble!! Peanut butter, Nutella and marshmallow creme, those are for our lunch almost every day!! Making my own healthy peanut butter would be fantastic! This looks like a GREAT machine!!

The first thing I would make is the THM tummy tucking ice cream! I’ve had it ounce before as I love ice cream! But our blender is very old and only has the blade at the bottom so I am unable to chop ice and make it myself! 🙂

I have a Ninja that works great in that it works better than the $25 blenders I was burning the motor out of, but it’s not a Blendtec. If I win, I’ll probably make a green smoothie just to enjoy the thrill of having a truly smooth without any small pieces of greens floating around.

I would love the Blendtec in my kitchen! I would make one bad smoothie with it!!! I haven’t cooked in years and have just returned to the kitchen! It is bare of any appliances that most kitchens have nowadays. This would be a great addition and tremendous help to my new endeavors!

I have had a BlendTec for a couple of years and truly love it too! Being an older model, mine probably isn’t as fancy but it works amazingly well regardless. I remember balking to my husband about the price when he wanted to get one, but he said that this is the brand of blender they use at Starbucks so it must be good as well as reliable. And I’ll tell you now that even if you don’t win this one, these are worth the investment! It makes cheap blenders ashamed.

Oh man – such a tough question for a smoothie addict like me! I dream of a blender that can actually crush ice without needing the assistance of my spatula every 5 seconds… I would say the Big Boy Smoothie because that is the one my blender struggles with most!

Doing the Trim Healthy Mama diet, I blend, chop, puree, mix, frappe and create all day with my food processor. I have already burned up my 22 year old blender. Would love something with this kind of power.

This looks like an amazing blender. I’d love to have one!
The first thing I’d make would be either cream cheese pancakes or a breakfast smoothie – depending on the day and how much time I had before running out the door to work! 🙂

This would be awesome to help me get myself and my daughter started with the THM lifestyle. I have had terrible luck with all of the smoothies I have attempted because my blender is just not powerful enough. Our tight budget will not allow for me to purchase this amazing appliance. I would be extremely grateful to win!

My husband and I have just recently started on this no sugar, no simple carb journey together and have already lost 26 pounds each this past month and are SUPER motivated to keep going….this blender would be amazing….I would love to make some of my own almond butter, and all SORTS of things that I am exploring on your website 🙂

I do believe I would try that Sugar-Free Caramel Cappuccino you mentioned in your lovely ode to the Blendtec Designer 725 Blender! I don’t think I’d be able to wait to make something more time consuming, and it’s sounds scrumptious! :0)

ALL the THM shakes! I only have an old magic bullet right now, and I have to make everything in two batches because the cup size is so small. It’s such a pain. 🙁 And it hates to blend ice. I would lose my mind if my blender was smart enough to talk to me and do my laundry too. 😉

This is an amazing give-away. I have never had a good blender, and for many years did without one because I couldn’t afford one. I am hoping now that I might have such a wonderful item as this Blendtec machine. Bless you.

My mind is swirling here just thinking about how I could put this to good use. I’ve recently purchased the THM book & I’ve been shopping for ingredients. Can’t wait to whip up some delicious smoothies, desserts & sauces. This blender looks fabulous!!! Thanks for the review!

I am doing Trim Healthy Mama and am starting to use my blender all the time. I would use it for so many things–to make my protein shakes in the morning, grinding my bread crumbs, making my flours, etc. A good blender is a necessity to eating healthy.

I have a cheap $30 blender that can do a fair smoothie, but does not cutting for anything else. I would love to make the THM earth milk and the tummy tucking ice cream. Life would be good. Maybe someday I will own a decent blender. This would be a Godsend! Thank you.

This would be the best thing ever! I could finically make smoothes without having to keep sticking in a spoon to loosen things up from getting clogged!
Then I could tell my daughter I know have a better blender then you !!

I would use this blender to make my own flours. In the rural area that I live in, it is very difficult to find specialty flours, butters, etc. The generally have to be ordered. With a blender like this—-I could create my own!!

My husband is diabetic and his weight and insulin needs had risen significantly. Changing the diet to low carb and fat controlled has brought his insulin needs down and we are both loosing weight and feel much better. I don’t own a blender yet and this one sounds amazing but out of my budget. This journey is benefitting many others as well as I am an RN and will be teaching classes on this wonderful way of opening the world of food and nutrition to improve their health. What a great asset this tool would be. Thank you for the opportunity. I am amazed by your research and wealth of experience imparted in such a friendly manner, I am learning so much from you!

I have heard such wonderful things about this blender! What would I make?!? Let’s see, strawberry-chocolate-almond butter smoothie, almond butter, pesto, but let’s face it, that caramel frappucino will be tops on the list!

Just bought some golden flax seed, they need ground & some sunflower seeds I want to make a butter out of them. I made the zucchini walnut muffins, yummy also the zucchini chocolate Bundy cake…wonderful. thanks for your great recipes!

I use my Vitamix for everything – smoothies, pancake batter, pudding, almond bars . . . I’d be excited to do a comparison and see which one performs better – since I’ve heard such rave reviews about the Blendtec!

The first thing would probably be my morning protein shake with peanut butter, chocolate, frozen banana, and spinach (looks so gross but tastes soooo good and creamy), but I would want to make cashew butter ASAP!

Well, gotta say, I got pretty excited about the pecan spice crock pot cake….and since my current equipment struggled with the hazelnuts when I made your “nutella” I believe I will grind some pecans so we can enjoy another one of your incredible recipes! Thanks for all the love and hard work you put into every recipe you post for us. You make my kitchen a better place!!

After I finished jumping for joy at winning such an awesome prize as the Blend Tec, I would make a chocolate peanut butter smoothie with a handful of kale (that will disappear because it is totally obliterated by the power of the Blend Tec!!!)

I would LOVE to own this blender so I can fulfill my “need” for a daily Starbucks sugar-free frappuccino and save my $$ for more important things…like baking ingredients so I have a little treat to go with my coffee! 🙂